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THE LAKESIDE PRESS ANNOUNCES ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF AMERICAN BOOKS
ROCKWELL KENT - WILLIAM A. DWIGGINS -= RUDOLPH RUZICA - EWARD A. WILSON
Editore: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO., CHICAGO, IL, 1930
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Da: Aah Rare Chicago, Carlsbad, CA, U.S.A.Aah Rare Chicago
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Usato - Ottimo
EUR 126,05
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STIFF PAPER WRAPPERS. Condizione: VERY GOOD TO FINE. Condizione sovraccoperta: GOOD CONDITION. First Edition. (13) PAGES WITH TWO LOOSE INISERTS. THIS IS AN UNCOMMON PROSPECTUS ADVERTISING BROCHURE BOOKLET FOR FOUR CLASSIC AMERICAN BOOKS. THE BOOKLET IS COVERED BY A STIFF PAPER GRAY JACKET WITH A PRINTED PAPER LABEL, THE BOOKLET… IS STRING BOUND. THE FOUR BOOKS THAT ARE ADVERTISED INCLUDE "MOBY DICK." BY HERMAN MELVILLE THAT INCLUDES A TIPPED IN 8 3/8" X 11 1/2" PAGE WITH A B/W ENGRAVING OF CAPTAIN AHAB ON THE DECK OF HIS WHALING SHIP. TWO OTHER ENGRAVINGS BY ROCKWELL KENT ARE INCLUDED. THE SECOND BOOK IS "TALES" BY EDGAR ALLEN POE WITH AN ORNATE ILLUSTRATION OF THE TITLE PAGE BY WILLIAQM A. DWIGGINS. THE THIRD BOOK IS "TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF LIFE AT SEA" BY RICHARD HENRY DANA Jr. THE TIPPED IN PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE THE TITLE PAGE AND A MAP OF THE VOYAGE AROUND THE CAPE OF HORN AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA, THE FOURTH BOOK IS "WALDEN OR LIFE IN THE WOODS" BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU THAT IS ILLUSTRATED BY RUDOLPH RUZICKA. A BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING OF A MAN SITTING IN THE WOODS UNDER A TREE, IS TIPPED INTO THE BROCHURE. THERE ARE TWO LOOSE INSERTS, AN ORDER FORM AND A LAKESIDE PRESS NOTICE THAT THERE WILL BE NO TRADE DISCOUNTS ON THE BOOKS. THE ADVERTISING BROCHURE PORTRAYS THE QUALITY OF THE RAG PAPER AND PRINTING PROCESS FOR THE LIMITED EDITION BOOKS OF 1000 COPIES ALONG WITH THEIR PRICES RANGING FRO $15.00 TO $52.00. BY THE LAKESIDE PRESS OF R. R. DONNELLEY AND SONS OF CHICAGO, IL. ) PAGE Size: 8 3/4" x 12".